The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-11-19
MILWAUKEE, 4 NORTHERN.


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There seems 10 be general impression
that the Milwaukee * Northern Railway
CO., win extend its lines 20 Crystal Falls
in the near future. Many of the largest
stock holders In that tcompany own lande
in and about town and arc very iasor~'
ably impressed with the general out
Falls. Several mines have been opened
on lands belonging to gentlemen inter
ested In that road. A business man oi
this city was In Milwaukee last week and
had quite an extended conversation with
Mr.. Angus Smith, vice-prcsident pi the
Milwaukee * Northern, and who II the
owner. .oI the.new find of iron ore on Sec
.tio fit<H kthrce. 43-32, which is now
much attention. and the
D, 1n1,,FH \ 20 a DIAMOND DnIi.L rep
itsfkj.1< As; day during the present
,. r1,r 90 rwnukte x Northern rail-
efW = <1c ss,sf "a than likely be construct
<'vcf,,1W Yin the course Of another
~ >5... ~ nave heard considerable talk
upon onttubject INIT ann almost ccr-
tain, since talking with Mr.. Smith, that
the building oi this road will be com
menced in the very near futnre. From
the conversation with MIR Smith gather
ed that the road would in all probability
Wn., and a y be built .on up through,
touching at Florence and Crystal Fillls
with Ontonugon ~ a terminus. Mr..
Smith iS quite free IN expressing himself
that the future outlook Tor this place IL
fully better than IL ever was before and
that our low grade ores will be used to a
better advantage in time To come, and il
looks 60 me ms though his good opinion
Of orr town Will eventually bring us an
other railroad, n thing we need about ns
bad az n town ever needed anything"
The road II built will furnish ore carrying
facilities for the Wnunetta, Lee Peek and
the new mines on sections thirteen, four
teen, twenty-thsce and twenty-four, 43-
b. Regarding this matter the Florence
Mining News, which is looked upoi
as pretty good authority, ON questions
pertaining to railroads., says; 1T ~ be-
coming more and more evident that the
now mines east 81 CRY stAl Fails will have
to depend upon the Milwaukee 4 North
ern railroad for shipping facilities. When
the survey of a line from Felch Noun
tain to Iron River was commenced by
the North-Westorn R,llwny Co, 1t wus
supposed that the new district would be
tapped, but the snrvcy, as IL IN being
made at present, will run quite dis
tancc south of Crystal Falls, and IL Is
probable that the branch will bc built
still further south unless u good route
across the Michigamme river is found.
There Is no likelihood, therefore, that the
construction OF the new line will bring the
Northwestern railway amy nearer the
field east of Crystal Falls than IL Is at
present. The extension of the Miwau-
kee x Northern railway TO the new dis
trict is coming to be looked upon AZ n
certainty. Angus Smith, one of the
most influential directors Of the North
ern company, is the principal owner OF
one of the new mines, and, besides, he
and several other members OF the com
pany own considerable land i'm the
vicinity IL is positively known that
MIR. Smith will do everything he can to
have the spur built" The advantages
to be gained by the advent of N coinpet-
ing railroad from this point are manifest
and need not be told ~ they are already
well known 90 all OF our business men
and Others who are patrons OF a rail-
road
IL has been talked ON the streets here
Tor some time that the passenger train
was 10 be taken of the Crystal Falls end
of the Mcnominee Range branch OF the
Chicago d Northwestern railway and
that an accommodation train wis 90 be
put on and run TO Stalger twice day TO
make connections with through trains
from Powers 10 Watersmcet, but now IL
is learned that the passenger train will
not be- removed, but viii run around
Stager from here and on 60 Watefsmect,
making close connections at Stager with
trains going east from there. The round
trip cannot be made in one day 10 any
advantage and two trains viii bc put on
Il
the other train the next day. This
change IL N expected will be made about
December /, az which time "A new card
will be issued.